Garment holder



F. E. JACOBS GARMENT HOLDER Filed Nov 2.6, 1955 Y E O w A Patented Oct.6, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT HOLDER Application November26, 1935, Serial No. 51,583

2 Claims.

My invention relates more particularly to holders of the characterreferred to which are used at the end of an elastic strap or similarsupport for attachment to the top of hose or stockings for the purposeof holding them up in comfortable position.

Among the salient objects of my invention are: to provide a supportingdevice which can be very economically made and which will have means asa part thereof for frictionally holding the material of the hose orstocking as it is wrapped in the device, whereby to avoid pinching orotherwise injuring the material of which the garment is made; to providea device which can be stamped out of sheet metal and formed into astrong, practical and relatively rigid device; to provide improved meansfor securing the loop or bail in place for attachment to the elastic orholding strap; to provide in a device of the kind referred to a hoseengaging yoke pivotally connected at one end and at its other end havinga finger or tongue with one free to receive a collar or short sleeve offriction material upon which the edge of the garment or hose is to beplaced as it it turned with said yoke to wind a part of the garment orhose around said yoke; and in general, to provide a simple, economicaland practical holder of the character referred to.

In order to more fully describe my invention, I have shown one practicalembodiment thereof on the accompanying sheet of drawings, which I willnow describe.

Figures 1, 2, and 3 are diagrammatic views showing three steps inapplying the edge of a garment or stocking to the device to be suppliedthereby;

Figure 4 is an edge view of the device, detached, and enlarged; and

Figure 5 is a front view of said device.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, my improved device includes abody I, stamped out of sheet metal, and folded upon itself, with itsupper end, of one side, rolled to form a sleeve 2, with the edge of therolled portion resting inwardly against the upper end of the other side,as at 3, Fig. 4. A loop 4 has its ends inserted into said rolledportion, or sleeve 2, and constitutes an attaching loop or means forattachment to an elastic strap or similar support. Said body has twolegs, as 5 and 6, and their lower ends are formed into sockets orbearings 5 and 6', in which are pivotally connected the arms 1 and 8, ofa yoke 9, whereby said yoke can turn about its axis a complete circlebetween said legs 5 and 6, as will be clear from the drawing, and asindicated by the light broken line circle in Fig. 4.

An important part of my invention is the provision of a friction elementon the yoke which will hold or cause to adhere thereto the edge of thegarment or hose. In the present showing I have shown the yoke bodyhaving formed therein an upwardly projecting finger ID, with clearancespace therearound, and being completely surrounded by the body of theyoke within which it is formed, and have placed over said finger acollar or short sleeve of tubular rubber I l, or similiar material whichprojects through on both sides of the yoke body, as will be understoodfrom Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and the light broken line showing in Fig. 4.This provides a friction element which is engaged on both sides by thegarment as it is 15 wound upon said yoke in the manner shown in Figs. 1,2, and 3.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the garment or hose, or stocking isdesignated 12, and is shown in light broken lines. Fig. 1 indicates thefirst step where the edge of the garment l 2 is laid over the top sideof the yoke, the yoke is then, with the garment held thereon, turnedthrough the main body, or the legs 5 and 6, and as in Fig. 3, continuedon to the straight down position. Thus the garment edge is wound in theyoke as indicated by the light broken lines, and engages both sides ofthe rubber friction element H, which prevents its slipping and becomingdisengaged. Pull on the garment increases the, contact with the elementII, and the garment is, therefore firmly held, and without any pinchingor biting of the garment in a way which would injure the material. I amaware that the friction element II can be of any suitable material tocreate the necessary friction and that it can be held in place 35 indifferent ways, and I do not limit the invention to the showing, exceptby the claims.

I claim:

1. In a garment holder, a part for holding the garment consisting of ayoke-like body having 40 two arms, a finger surrounded by the bodyportion, and a collar of flexible friction material placed over saidfinger and being thicker than said body, whereby to project at bothsides thereof to engage a garment wound thereon. 45

2. A garment holder stamped out of flat material with two supportingarms and a body portion, said arms being adapted to be pivotallysupported, and said body having an opening therethrough for holdingfriction material therein, and 50 friction material in said openingprotruding at the opposite sides of said body to frictionally engage agarment wrapped around said body.

FRANK E. JACOBS.

